Since 1977, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act has been in effect in the United States. Like many laws, it has undergone some amendments over the years, such as in 1998, but the core and original intention of the act remains the same as when it was first enacted...

The Foreign Extortion Prevention Act was introduced in the House of Representatives on August 2, 2019. Similar to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) the proposed bill will criminalize extortion by foreign officials and would allow the DOJ to indict those...